Central Washington State Adventures

After crossing the Canadian/US border without even the loss of an apple, we continued to discover some Washington beauties, and we don't mean apples in this case. Lake Chelan presented its silky surface and crowning mountains on a blue-sky day. A few days later, on a day trip to Mount Rainier, we again had breathtaking scenery and crisp blue skies. I had to laugh at all the warm hats, gloves, and jackets I toted (recalling the visits to glaciers in Alberta!) as we hiked in short sleeves!

Roadside museums continue to attract us, some of the very best being the Yakima Nation Cultural Center, where there is also an excellent restaurant, and the unexpectedly high quality agricultural museum at Moro, Oregon, on Highway 97. Maryhill Museum and "Stonehenge" on the Columbia River were also rare finds, though the latter still leaves me puzzled at the idiosyncrasies of some folks .

Now in central Oregon and peering southward beyond Klamath Falls into California in a couple of days.